Lakeside’s B.J. Raymond has committed to play football next season at Savannah State. The 5-10, 165-pound standout closed out his prep career as a first team All-County performer after catching 32 passes for 602 yards and three touchdowns.

With both schools’ proms on Friday, Grovetown High School leads off the post-season today traveling to Jones County for a 4 p.m. doubleheader while Evans, Greenbrier and Lakeside jump into doubleheader action on Thursday.

On the day back from spring break, it was a perfect day for Columbia County teams in their respective region tournaments. All who played moved on to the semi-final round and qualified for the state post-season.

Where to start.

The Evans boys tennis team entered the Region 2-AAAAA tournament as a No. 4 seed on the road facing No. 1 Houston County. Forfeiting No. 1 doubles because one of the players was ill, all three singles won for the 3-2 win.

One of the area’s longest running events is looking for donations and participants.

The Southeastern Firefighters Burn Foundation’s 12th Annual Best Dam Bicycle Ride is at 8:30 a.m. on April 19 at Clarks Hill Dam.

Sponsored by Chain Reaction Bicycles and Allegra Marketing Print Mail, this event is for cyclists of all ages and abilities with rides consisting of 29-, 62-, and 100-mile road options. A mountain bike course on the historic Bartram Trail, sponsored by SORBA CSRA, has multiple ride options ranging from five to 36 miles.

The University of Kentucky was a prohibitive favorite to win the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament and then they ran into the University of Wisconsin.

It is somewhat a cautionary tale for county teams this week as we head into post-season play and one-and-done territory. Many of our teams have had fantastic seasons so far and will be overwhelming favorites to breeze through the first round. I hope they keep Kentucky in mind when they take the field, court or diamond this week.

A standout soccer player at both Harlem and Grovetown High School, Gabriel Warner, Jr. took it to the next level playing for Southern Polytechnic State University.

In 2014, the NAIA school in Marietta, Ga. decided to create a way to remember their student-athletes over six-plus decades of competition in anticipation of their consolidation with Kennesaw State University in January. On March 27, Warner, along with 33 others, was inducted into the Southern Polytechnic State University Athletics Hall of Fame.